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Originally Posted by AliciaM
First of all you should watch your spelling...Second as JennyB asked "Are you deaf? hoh? Have a deaf child (or children)? or maybe you're a CODA? If the answer is no to all of the above, then how do you have a right to comment on what is what if you are deaf/hoh?
I know that I have a disability but I don't pity myself. Ya, I need some accomodations because I like to hear what is going on, and to be able to get the full "picture" (esp. in class) I need note takers and an FM system as well as good seating so I can lipread. If my hearing decreases I will have to learn ASL (which I am starting next year) and I think it's a GREAT tool to have. Why only use some of the tools in the toolbox, if you need them, if you have all the tools right in front of you?
I am taking linguistics next year and I hope to go on to take my Masters and become a Speech Language Pathologist and I will support the bi-bi approach because ha or not, ci or not, ASL and oral language is, in my opinion, the best approach. As I was not born deaf/hoh it was never an issue for me to learn ASL, if I had been born deaf/hoh I'm sure my mom would have wanted me to be happy being bi-lingual (asl and eng) rather than possibly struggling later on in life just because some people think that being oral is the answer to being "normal".
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(words edited out) I spell the british style so I dont use 'z' in 'organisations' however there is ONE mistake i did made is a repeat of 'pro' in 'appropriate'. Since you have disability, i take it that you are latened HOH. Admiting to have a disability doesnt imply having a tendency to pity one-self. Some do, but most 'real' disabilty advocates do not.
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Last edited by ~SG~; 09-03-2008 at 05:04 AM.
Reason: removed some of the comments.
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